City of
Manhattan Beach
Procamation
Wherers. International Long COVID Arareness Month was initiated be patient advocacy groups in 2023 to bring attention to a condition that aftects millions workride; and Whereas. Long COVID is aststemic and often debilitating and disabling long-term outcome of an acute (OVID-19 infection; and
Whereas while many individuals recorer fiom COVID-19 within weeks, a significant number of people expenence lugerng simptoms and complications that persist for months, commonts relerred to as Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC); and
Whereces. there are more than 200 documented Long COVID symptoms, which can var from person to person and can include fatigue, cognitive impairment, muscle or joint pain, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sleep ditticulties, mood changes, and damage to organ sistems and tissue; and
Merences. the Department of Health and Human Serves and the Department of Justice have issued gudance clariting that Long COVID can be considered a disabilit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and
Wherers. Long COVID has had a derastating Imancial impact on indirduals and on the overall econom with an estimated economic cost of $3,700,000,000,000 due to reduced quality of lile, lost earnings, and direct medical care spending for those who suffer fiom Long COVID; and
Wherers. there we no approred cures for Long COVID, and most of the treatments involve Whereas. raising awareness about Long COVID will foster greater empathr; reduce stigma, and enhance the collective efforts to address this emerging public health challenge; and Wherers. the first Mondar in March marks Long COVID-19 Memoral Dar; an opportunițt for remembrance of those me lost, recognition of caregivers' ellorts, and reflection on lessons learned for future preparedness.
Nor, Therefore, Be:St Resolved dat1, David Lesser, Major of the Cig of Manhatan Beach, California, on behall of the City Council and the residents of Manhattan Beach, do herebr proclaim March 2020, as
International Long Quid Guareness Monte
and acknowledge that raising awareness about Long CY)VID will foster greater empathi, reduce stigma, and enhance the collective effort to address this emerging public health challenge.
Dated this 3" day of March, 2026.
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City Clerk Liza Tamura